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claimed to be validated was memorial of ownership issued
under “The Native Land Act, 1873.”

m. The estate or interest which the applicants seek to ob-
tain in the several estates and interests claimed is a free-
hold.

f. The manner in which other persons or companies
came to be invested with the title they now hold, and the
dates and particulars of each conveyance or transfer, are
as follows :—

1. Charles William Ferris to the Auckland Agricultural
   Company (Limited); conveyance, dated 2nd Sep-
   tember, 1886, of the interests acquired by him in
   the Wharekopae No. 2 Block of (1) Ereti te Raihe,
   (2) Tawaho Kerekere, (3) Pimia Aata, (4) Keita
   Rangiwhaitiri, (5) Peti Aata, (6) Mere Hare,
   (7) Harata Kaumapuhia.

2. James Nelson Williams to the Auckland Agricultural
   Company (Limited); conveyance, dated the 16th
   September, 1886, of the interests acquired by him
   in the Wharekopae No. 2 Block of (1) Whio Ma-
   taitai and (2) Heni Kouka.

3. The Auckland Agricultural Company (Limited) to
   Thomas Charles Williamson, James Douglas Wil-
   liamson, and Sydney Williamson, the applicants
   for validation herein; conveyance, dated the 16th
   day of October, 1888, of all the Native interests
   aforesaid in conveyances 1 and 2 acquired by the
   said Auckland Agricultural Company (Limited).

4. Probate to the said applicants, dated the 29th day of
   March, 1888, in the estate of the Hon. James Wil-
   liamson, M.L.C., deceased.

g. The address for service of the applicants in the Town
of Gisborne is at the office of Cecil Albert de Lautour,
solicitor.

h. The applicants desire that the estates and interests of
the Native persons aforesaid who executed the several deeds
of conveyance set out under the letter c of this applica-
tion (subsections 1, 2, and 3) be bound by the decree of the
Court; and for that purpose require that copies of this appli-
cation shall be served upon them or their representatives
according to the lists set forth in the Schedule hereto.

The applicants desire that all others who may claim to
be interested in the validation applied for shall also be
treated as parties to these proceedings, but the applicants are
unable, except as hereinafter mentioned, to specify any
names as those persons entitled to object to the validation
applied for.

The applicants are not aware of any other aboriginal
native nor of any European who may properly claim to be
an objector.

Dated this 20th day of March, 1894.
JOHN W. MATTHEWS.

Signed before me by John William Matthews, agent for
the applicants, he being physically unable to write, by
affixing his stamp in my presence—C. A. de Lautour.

To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne.

The Schedule.

1. The surviving owners whose shares are claimed by the
   applicants enrolled in the memorial of ownership
   issued under “The Native Land Act, 1873,” for Wha-
   rekopae No. 2—
   Ereti te Raihe, Te Reinga Tiniroto ; Pimia Aata,
   Waerenga-a-hika ; Keita Rangiwhaitiri, Petane,
   Napier ; Peti Aata, Gisborne ; Mere Hare, Gisborne ;
   Harata Haumapuhia, Whakatane ; Whio Mataitai,
   Waerenga-a-hika ; Heni Kouka, Tuparoa ; Mere
   Wiri, Gisborne ; Pere Morete, Karaka.

2. Dead owners (if any) whose shares are claimed, but no
   successors appointed. The persons named as probable
   successors to be served—
   Tawaho Kerekere (dead). Probable successors—Heriata
   Hoekau, Hira Hoekau, Kerekere Hoekau, Katerina
   Hoekau, Henare Hoekau, Peka Kerekere Hoekau, all
   of Waerenga-a-hika. Most of the above being minors,
   notice to be served on their trustees, Peka Kerekere
   and Heni Auraki.

Application to the Validation Court under “The Native
Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893.”

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
GISBORNE.

In the matter of “The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
Act, 1893”; and in the matter of “The Paremata Block.”

a. THE Bank of New Zealand Estates Company
(Limited), the chief office of which in the Colony
of New Zealand is in the City of Auckland, applies under the
above-mentioned Act for the validation of its interest in
8,475 acres, more or less, being part of the above-mentioned
block, situate in the Native Land Court District of Gisborne.

b. The applicant company desires to appear before the
Validation Court on Friday, the 11th day of May, 1894, at
10 a.m., or at the first sitting of the Court thereafter.

c. The nature of the transaction proposed for validation is
a memorandum of transfer, dated the 3rd day of May, 1882,
made by Wi Kingi, Henare Ruru, Wiremu te Ruki, Rawiri
Karaha, Mihaera Koura, Arapeta Kurekure, Hori Mokai,
Hepeta Maitai, Ema Miromiro, Hera Ranguia, Kararaina
Paipai, Eru Pao, Perenara Perehia, Ropiha Tamarara, Ata-
reta, Miromiro, Mere Arihi te Awa, Himiona te Kani, Hami
Rakatapu, and Paki te Amaru (vendors), to “The New Zea-
land Native Land Settlement Company (Limited)” in con-
sideration of the sum of £9,000.

d. The land which was by the said memorandum of trans-
fer intended to be alienated is all that piece or parcel of land
at Uawa, in the district of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, containing 8,475 acres, more or less,
and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of
title dated the 5th day of April, 1882 (No. 87, Vol. ii.), issued
by the Native Land Court in favour of the eighteen vendors
named in the preceding paragraph c.

e. The estate or interest in the said land which the appli-
cant company seeks to obtain through the aid of the Court is
a freehold.

f. The manner in which, and the persons or companies
through whom, the applicant company came to be invested
with the title or rights which it now claims to hold, and the
dates and particulars of each transfer are as follows :—

1. Memorandum of mortgage, dated the 3rd day of July,
   1888, by the said New Zealand Native Land
   Settlement Company (Limited) to the Bank of
   New Zealand, whereby, in consideration of the
   sum of £135,000 lent and advanced, the said
   company mortgaged to the said bank, inter alia,
   all the estate and interest of the said company in
   the said 8,475 acres, more or less.

2. Memorandum of transfer, dated the 5th day of August,
   1890, by the said bank to the applicant company,
   of all the estate and interest of the said bank in
   and to, inter alia, the said land.

3. Memorandum of transfer dated the 10th day of July,
   1891, by the Registrar of the Supreme Court at
   Gisborne (upon default under the mortgage above
   mentioned) to the applicant company.

g. The address for service of the applicant company in the
town of Gisborne is at the office of Cecil Albert de Lautour,
solicitor.

h. The applicant company desires the estates and interests
of the eighteen persons who executed the memorandum of
transfer referred to in paragraph c bound by the decree of
the Court, and for that purpose requires that copies of this
application shall be served on them or their representatives
(according to the list set forth in the schedule hereto).

The applicant company desires that all others who may
claim to be interested in the validation applied for shall also
be treated as parties to these proceedings, but the applicant
company is unable (except as hereinafter mentioned) to
specify any names as those of persons known to object to
the validation applied for. Five actions in the Supreme
Court have at various times since 1883 been commenced
against the said company and others by the persons herein-
after named, claiming on their own behalf and on behalf and
for the benefit of all parties interested in the said land to
resist the title of the said company and those claiming
under it.

The following are the names of the plaintiffs in such
actions: Ropiha Tamararo, Arapeta Ranguia (otherwise
Arapeta Kurekure), and Hepeta Kuhukuhu, all of Paremata,
in the County of Cook, aboriginal natives.

The statement of claim in the last of these actions is ap-
ended hereto as showing the grounds of objection taken in
such proceedings.

The applicant company requires that copies of this ap-
plication be served on the above-named. The applicant
company is not aware of any other aboriginal native nor of
any European who may properly claim to be an objector.

Dated this 2nd day of March, 1894.

THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND ESTATES
COMPANY (LIMITED),
By its Agent and Colonial Manager,
(Signed) J. C. HANNA.

To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne.

The Schedule.

1. Certified surviving owners—
   Mihaere Koura, Tologa Bay ; Arapeta Kurekure, Tologa
   Bay ; Hori Mokai, Tologa Bay ; Kararaina Paipai,
   Pakarae, via Gisborne ; Perenara Perehia, Tologa
   Bay ; Ropiha Tamararo, Tologa Bay ; Atareta Miro-
   miro, Tologa Bay ; Mere Arihi te Awa, Tologa Bay ;
   Himiona te Kani, Tologa Bay ; Wi Kingi Hori, Tologa
   Bay ; Rawiri Karaha, Gisborne.

2. Certified owners who are dead. Successors appointed.
   Successors to be served.